Department Guidelines and Goals

Neuroscience is the interdisciplinary study of the brain and nervous system, with a scope that ranges from molecules and cells to behavior, cognition, and emotion. Denison’s Neuroscience Concentration achieves this interdisciplinary perspective via courses in Biology, Computational Science, Philosophy, and Psychology. These courses are intended to complement the student’s major. Students who want to pursue the Neuroscience Concentration are required to have either a primary or secondary academic advisor who is a member of the Neuroscience Faculty.

Neuroscience Concentration

Four Foundational Courses May be taken in any order, beginning as early as the first semester at Denison. Foundational courses in Biology and Psychology serve as prerequisites for the 200 and 300-level Biology and Psychology courses required of Neuroscience concentrators.

PSYC 351: Research in Biological Psychology (Psyc 351 can be substituted with one of the following 300 level psychology research pairings: PSYC 310 & 311 OR PSYC 330 & 331 OR PSYC 340 & 341. However, this option increases the number of required advanced courses from three to four, which increases the total number of required four credit courses from ten to eleven.)

Neuroscience Senior Capstone Seminar This course must be taken in the spring of the senior year. The seven prerequisites for NEUR 412 include all foundational and intermediate courses as well as PSYC 350.

NEUR 412: Neuroscience Senior Capstone Seminar

Neuroscience Assessment Satisfactory completion of NEUR 401 is required of all senior Neuroscience concentrators during the final weeks of NEUR 412. NEUR 401 is a zero credit course.